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Capalaba is a suburb to the south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the Redland City local government area. The suburb has large shopping and commercial centres with two malls and a major bus station, as well as light industrial zones surrounded by bushland and residential streets, making it the second most populous suburb in the Redlands.〔 Surrounding suburbs include Alexandra Hills, Birkdale, and Sheldon, also in Redland City, along with Burbank and Chandler (and formerly Capalaba West), which lie within Brisbane. Tingalpa Creek marks the border between Capalaba in the east and the City of Brisbane in the west,〔 making the suburb a gateway to the coastal Redlands region for urban Brisbanites.〔 ==History== The name of Capalaba is believed to be derived from the Indigenous Yugarabul word for the ringtail possum, a marsupial native to the area. European settlement began in the 1850s, led by farmers, lumberjacks, and sawmill operators.〔 The region soon became important in the overland trade link between the settlements of Brisbane and Cleveland. Crossings and bridges over Tingalpa Creek were established to facilitate such transport.〔 The suburb grew into the 20th century, becoming a major source of freshwater for the then Redland Shire in the 1960s, due to the construction of the Leslie Harrison Dam.〔 This prompted further population growth, and the introduction of commercial and industrial areas still present today.〔 Capalaba West was a related suburb located on the opposite side of Tingalpa Creek, rendering it part of Brisbane rather than the Redlands.〔 It retained the ''Capalaba'' name until 2010, when it became incorporated into the Brisbane suburb of Chandler. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capalaba, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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